2018 Guide to Blocking & Removing Google Analytics Spam Analytics spam isn’t a new problem, but recently it’s become much more pervasive. In this post, I’ll explain the different types of analytics spam, how they impact your site, and I’ll provide…

Google Starts Testing New Mobile-First Index Last year, Google officially confirmed that mobile traffic had finally exceeded desktop traffic – a moment that SEOs had been anticipating for years. Today Google announced their latest effort to help improve the mobile…

Google Adds 3rd Party Reviews to Local Knowledge Panel Yesterday Google introduced their new ‘reviews from the web’ search feature. Basically, Google scrapes ratings and reviews from third party review sites, and displays them within the local Knowledge Panel….

Google Removes Mobile-Friendly Label, Cracks Down On Interstitial Ads Today Google announced two big changes that are coming to mobile search results: the mobile-friendly label will be removed, and starting in 2017, Google will start cracking down on websites using…

Introducing the Local 2-Pack: Google Ads Replace Top Map Listing Update: On June 23rd, Search Engine Land confirmed that ads will indeed be coming to the local packs, however, Greg Sterling pointed out that Google’s Global Product Lead for Local…

Google Will Dial Up Their Mobile-Friendly Ranking Signal Today Google announced that in May they will roll out an update that will increase the effect of their mobile-friendly ranking signal. Here’s an excerpt from Google’s announcement: You should get the…

6 Reasons You Should Avoid Cheap Clients and Customers Have you ever felt like you were selling yourself short? We’ve all probably done it at least once in our lives, be it in our careers, our relationships, or even the…

Google: CTR is a Ranking Factor for Local 3-Pack Results Yesterday, Joy Hawkins announced that a Google employee (Rahul J.) confirmed that click-through rate (CTR) is a 4th ranking factor for the local 3-pack listings. Up until now, Google has…

Yahoo Signs New Deal for Google-Powered Search Results A new search deal struck between Yahoo and Google means that Yahoo users will start seeing Google-powered, organic and paid results. Since 2009, Yahoo has been powered by Bing. But a few…

Google Adds Additional Ranking Boost For Using App Indexing API At this year’s SMX East event, Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Mariya Moeva announced that Google would be giving an additional ranking boost to apps using their App Indexing API. The…